Watch-pocket.



L. C. ANKELE.

WATCH POCKET.

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LOIS C. ANKELE, OIF DES MOINES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO F. BROIDY SONSv 'WATCH-POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led November 17, 1915. Serial 1\T o. 62,062.

To all whom z'zf may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS C. ANKELF., a. citizen of the United States, and resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Watch-Pocket, of which the following is a specification.

The'object ot my invention is to provide a watch pocket for garments of simple, and inexpensive construction.

More particularly it is my objectto provide a watch pocket particularly adaptedfor overalls and the like, or other workmens garments which are likely to be worn by per- L sons who stoop or bend over to dilterent positions during their work, which pocket is so constructed and arranged that when the watch. is dropped into the pocket it will, by gravity, drop to a certain position in the pocket, and will be held against accidental removal from the pocket of any bending or stooping of the wearer of the garment.

My invention consists in the arrangement, construction, and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects con templated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a front elevation of an overall bib equipped with a pocket embody ing my invention..

Fig. 2 shows a vertical, sectional view, through the bib taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and

F ig. 3 shows a horizontal, sectional view of the same, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally the overall bib. 1

My improved pocket comprises a rectangular piece of goods 1l, placed onthe front A of the overall bib, and sewed along one edge on the line 12 which is at the side of the pocket toward the wearers left-hand.

The goods 11 is also sewed to the bib along the bottom line 13, and along the side edge adjacent to the wearers right-hand from the bottom to a point near the top, but spaced therefrom on the line 14. rlhe corner of the goods 11 above the line 14 at of the goods is tacked at 15.

From the corner 15, the piece of goods 11 is stitched to the overall bib, along a line 16 extending from said corner 15 downwardly and toward the left-hand side ot the garthe upper edge ment,as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The line ot stitching 16 extends almost to the line 12, but its lower end is spaced from the line 12 a suflicient distance to allow room for a pencil pocket.

Spaced from the line 12 is a line of stitching 17 extending from the top of the goods lldownwardly a suiiicient distance to make a pencil pocket, and at the lower end of the line 17 is a horizontal line of stitches 18, eX- tending from the line 17 to the line 12. The goods 11 is stitched along a line 18 from the lower end of the line of stitches 17 downwardly and toward the right-hand side of Patented lEeb. 5, 1912..

the garment along the line 19 to the lower edge of the piece of goods 11, at a point spaced apart from the right-hand edge thereof. By the right-hand edgeI mean the edge thereofadjacent to the wearers righthand.

The goods 11 is stitched along a line 20 extending from the upper end of the line of stitches 14 downwardly and toward the lefthand side ot' the garment. The line of stitches 20 is long enough, so that below it there will be ample space to receive a watch 2l, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Parallel with the line 17 and spaced therefrom toward the right of the garment, is a vertical line of stitches 22 between which and the line of stitches 17 and the line of stitches 16 is formed a second pencil pocket.

The watch chain 23 may be secured to the button hole 24, and when the watch is grasped in the users right-hand, itis slipped into the space indicated at 25, between the upper right-hand portion ol the goods 11, and the bib of the overalls, wheren upon it will drop by gravity along the space between the lines of stitches 2O and 16, to the end of thel line of stitches 20, thence downwardly to the line of stitches 19, thence toward the right, to position below the line of stitches 20. It will be seen that if the wearer should stoop directly forward, the watch will be held by the line of stitches 20. Il the wearer should stoop to the right, the watch cannot drop out, as it will be held by the stitches 14. If the wearer should stoop toward the left, and downwardly, the watch might slip or slide along the line of stitches 19. but would be held at the bottom of the pocket formed between the lines of stitches 16, 19 and 17.

Une of the special advantages of my improved watch pocket is found in the arrangement of the lines of stitches, whereby the watch will drop by gravity not only to the end of theline of stitches 20, butafter that downwardly along the line of stitches 19 to position beneath the line of stitches 20, and will be held in such position beneath the line ,of stitches v2() by means of Ithe stitches 19.

It will be understood that some changes may Ybe made in the construction andarrangementV of the various parts of my improved watch pocket without departing from its .essential features,'and purposes, andit is my intention to cover by this application any such changes which may be included within the scope of my claim.

' VI 'claim vas my invention:

1n ,a Watch pocket-comprising 'a rectanguv vvlarpiefce 'of fabric and stitching for uniting Same to aga-rment, said stitching including ahorizontal row "of y'stitching adapted to foirn'the bottom of the pocket, ay vertical row 'of stitching extending from one end of the bottom V'row of "stitching vand adapted Copies -of this patent may be obtained for to form one side of the pocket7 a row of upwardly inclined stitching extended from the second end of the bottom stitching, a vertical row of stitching at the upper cud of thel last described stitching7 said last two rows of stitching being adapted to foi-1n the second siderof the pocket, an upwardly inclined row of stitching extended from the last kdescribed vertical stitching to a point above the first described side of the pocket. and an inclined row of stitching extended downwardlyfrom the upper end oli' the first side of the pocket, the parts being so arranged that the inclined rows of stitching torni inclined passageways extending at an angle to each other, which lead to the artich` holdingportion of the pocket and the rows of stitching being so 4spaced that the pas sageways and the article holding portion ar(` each of but slightly greater width than a watch.

Des Moines, Iowa, October `9, 1915.

LOUIS C. ANKELE.

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Washington, D. C. 

